I agree with you, Linda. I have been told by my Mother that our Downings were Pa. Dutch. By 1835 two of my William Downings daughters married Miller Bros. that came from Quakers in Chester Co., Pa. had, along with the Miller family, formed themselves "The Church of God" after they came to Iowa. Ruby Waugh ---------- > From: MossLJ@aol.com > To: DOWNING-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [DOWNING-L] Day > Date: Tuesday, December 29, 1998 5:38 PM > > The Downings from Downingtown, Chester County, Pennsylvania were Quakers at > one time. Remember that Quakers didn't always grow up to be Quakers for > various reasons. One was to join the Patriot cause during the Rev - as my > raised Quaker William Moore at the age of 18 who ran off to join Washington's > army after the Battle of Brandywine. Also, if you married your cousin (a > common occurance back in the 1700's and 1800's) you were discharged from the > Quaker circle. Also if you moved west further than a meeting, you might just > go to the closest house of worship - a lot of times non-denominational because > you were just glad when a circuit rider stopped by once or twice a year. > > Linda > > > ==== DOWNING Mailing List ====